Over 20 IIITH students have been selected to Google’s GSoc and Outreachy programs. Interestingly 4 of the students, Ishaan Shah Aditya Verma Nirmal Manoj Shashwat Goel are from UG1. Ashna Jena from UG3 has been accepted for an Outreachy internship with Apache Software Foundation.
Google Summer of Code (GSoC) is a global program focused on introducing students to open source software development. The projects deal with web development, NLP, Machine Learning, Deep Learning, Software Development , VLSI and more. Since its inception in 2005, the program has brought together 15,000+ student participants and 12,000 mentors from over 118 countries worldwide.
Outreachy is a program where communities who have faced under-representation, systemic bias, or discrimination in the technology industry of their country are invited to apply. Here too, the students work on projects with open source software organisations and get paid by Google.